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Enrollment
740
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAYONNE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340126002730
Woodrow Wilson Community School
101 WEST 56TH STREET, BAYONNE, NJ 07002 · (201) 858-5996 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL740 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
499 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 84 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (74).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
52.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
32.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 32.2% |
| 2023-24 | 48.5% | 28.5% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Woodrow Wilson Community School
Woodrow Wilson Community School's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodrow Wilson Community School this school | 740 | 67.4% | 36.2% |
| John M. Bailey Community School BAYONNE | 640 | 63.6% | 46.5% |
| Washington Community School #9 BAYONNE | 691 | 61.2% | 34.2% |
| Henry E. Harris Community School BAYONNE | 657 | 62.9% | 33.8% |
| Cold Springs School GLOUCESTER CITY | 839 | 65.9% | 29.7% |
| Roland Rogers Elementary School GALLOWAY | 578 | 61.2% | 31.6% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Woodrow Wilson Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #832 of 1,290 | #40 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #927 of 1,319 ▲ 34 | #51 of 84 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #656 of 1,319 ▲ 45 | #28 of 84 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 740 | #91 of 1,562 | #20 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #462 of 1,390 | #21 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #53 of 1,392 | #11 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #388 of 1,481 | #54 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.7% | #359 of 545 | #18 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
740
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
+72% since 1990-91, when it was 429
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 740 | 71 | 10.4:1 | 67% (499) |
| 2023-24 | 721 | 66 | 10.9:1 | 65% (466) |
| 2022-23 | 727 | 62 | 11.7:1 | 61% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 747 | 64 | 11.7:1 | 55% (412) |
| 2017-18 | 700 | 51 | 13.7:1 | 62% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 671 | 55 | 12.2:1 | 68% (455) |
| 2010-11 | 648 | 47 | 13.8:1 | 62% (402) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 37 | 13.5:1 | 41% (205) |
| 1990-91 | 429 | 19 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodrow Wilson Community School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (700 to 740); teachers up 39% (51 to 71).
About Woodrow Wilson Community School
Woodrow Wilson Community School is a large elementary school in BAYONNE, New Jersey, administered by Bayonne School District. It enrolled 740 students in pre-K through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
Bayonne School District has 13 schools; together they serve 10,325 students.
Woodrow Wilson Community School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 38%. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Hispanic, 18% Black, 11% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Woodrow Wilson Community School's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers at Woodrow Wilson Community School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.4:1. That is lower than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The lunch program counts 67% of students at Woodrow Wilson Community School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 68% average for public schools in Hudson County.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Woodrow Wilson Community School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Woodrow Wilson Community School would score about 29.3%. It scores 36.2%, 6.9 points above that figure.
In Hudson County (population about 718,323), the median household income is $91,795, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 130 public schools in Hudson County, enrolling about 86,216 students in all.
The shortest distance from Woodrow Wilson Community School to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Ezra L. Nolan School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Woodrow Wilson Community School comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Woodrow Wilson Community School's location as Suburb: Large.
Woodrow Wilson Community School had 747 students in 2020-21 and 740 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.7:1 to 10.4:1 over the same years.
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Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bayonne School District
- Bayonne High SchoolHigh · 2,830 students
- William Shemin Midtown Community School #8Elementary · 1,203 students
- Walter F. Robinson Community SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Horace Mann Community SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Washington Community School #9Elementary · 691 students
- Henry E. Harris Community SchoolElementary · 657 students
Other schools in BAYONNE
- Bayonne High SchoolHigh · 2,830 students
- William Shemin Midtown Community School #8Elementary · 1,203 students
- Walter F. Robinson Community SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Horace Mann Community SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Washington Community School #9Elementary · 691 students
- Henry E. Harris Community SchoolElementary · 657 students
Nearby schools
- Ezra L. Nolan School0.4 mi · 250
- Alexander D. Sullivan School0.4 mi · 638
- Washington Community School #90.5 mi · 691
- Soaring Heights Charter School0.7 mi · 272
- Infinity Institute0.7 mi · 265
- Jersey City Community Charter School0.8 mi · 561
Frequently asked questions
About Woodrow Wilson Community SchoolHow many students attend Woodrow Wilson Community School?
Woodrow Wilson Community School enrolls approximately 740 students in grades PK-08.
Is Woodrow Wilson Community School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Woodrow Wilson Community School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Woodrow Wilson Community School have?
Woodrow Wilson Community School employs 71 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Woodrow Wilson Community School?
Student demographics at Woodrow Wilson Community School are roughly 38% White, 28% Hispanic, 18% Black, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Woodrow Wilson Community School in?
Woodrow Wilson Community School is part of Bayonne School District.
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